Mountaineering in Pepsi Documentary

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Mountaineering in Pepsi Documentary

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The new documentary on Netflix, "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?" has a surprising amount about mountaineering. Apparently, the kid in the 90's who tried to sue Pepsi for a Harrier jet and his primary financier were avid mountaineers. Halfway into the first episode of the doc they talk about this. He climbed Illiniza Aconcagua and Chimborazo in South America, Raineer and Denali, and Everest. He wanted to use the money to go on expeditions. I guess he wasn't so bad after all!
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The only thing that bothered me was the directors decision to make it seem like they were climbing Mt Vinson totally alone. All the shots were carefully selected to avoid other tents or climbers. But its painfully obvious they are in a group, and probably guided.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. -Nelson Mandela
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego. -Nietzsche
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